''Heteroclinus'' is a genus of
clinids
Clinidae is a family of marine fish in the order Blenniiformes within the series Ovalentaria, part of the Percomorpha . Temperate blennies, the family ranges from the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans, in both the Southern and Northern He ...
found in the western
Indo-Pacific
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.
Species
There are currently 16 recognized species in this genus:
* ''
Heteroclinus adelaidae''
Castelnau, 1872 (Adelaide's weedfish)
* ''
Heteroclinus antinectes''
( Günther, 1861) (Natal weedfish)
* ''
Heteroclinus eckloniae''
(McKay
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, 1970) (Kelp weedfish)
* ''
Heteroclinus equiradiatus''
( Milward, 1960) (Sevenbar weedfish)
* ''
Heteroclinus heptaeolus''
( J. D. Ogilby, 1885) (Ogilby's weedfish)
* ''
Heteroclinus johnstoni''
( Saville-Kent, 1886) (Johnston's weedfish)
* ''
Heteroclinus kuiteri''
Hoese & Rennis, 2006
* ''
Heteroclinus macrophthalmus''
Hoese, 1976 (Large-eye weedfish)
* ''
Heteroclinus marmoratus''
( Klunzinger, 1872) (Slender weedfish)
* ''
Heteroclinus nasutus'',
( Günther, 1861) (Large-nose weedfish)
* ''
Heteroclinus perspicillatus''
(Valenciennes
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It lies on the Scheldt () river. Although the city and region experienced ...
, 1836) (Common weedfish)
* ''
Heteroclinus puellarum''
( E. O. G. Scott, 1955) (Little weedfish)
* ''
Heteroclinus roseus''
( Günther, 1861) (Rosy weedfish)
* ''
Heteroclinus tristis''
( Klunzinger, 1872) (Sharp-nose weedfish)
* ''
Heteroclinus whiteleggii''
( J. D. Ogilby, 1894) (Whitelegg's weedfish)
* ''
Heteroclinus wilsoni''
( A. H. S. Lucas, 1891) (Wilson's weedfish)
References
Clinidae
Marine fish genera
Taxa named by François-Louis Laporte, comte de Castelnau
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